Rock Band has, literally overnight, become the newest glue that ties together even the most videogame-resistant in my group of friends. We played Friday night well into the wee hours and met up on Saturday and everyone couldn’t stop talking about how much fun was had. The last people you’d expect had the strongest grips on the controllers and the drum sticks.
The beauty really is in the mixed difficulty levels. Easy bass mixed with Hard drums, and people crying to start the song over because dammit, they’re going to nail it this time!
Sony has to get on their horse and get orders of magnitude more songs into the system for those who aren’t fans of Rush, the Police, or Black Sabbath (which we happen to be). It also needs a smarter system of payment and download to deal with the 2am song purchases in which, I’m guessing, alcohol consumption will be a factor in a large percentage. It’s pretty cumbersome right now but could be better integrated with the game.
Get to work, Sony! The dollar bills were being thrown around faster than a West Baltimore street craps game! “Here’s two bucks for My Sharona, buy it now!” We need more songs, like yesterday! There’s a lot of people ready to fork over those bills for all manner of shredditude.
I love rock band! As much as I loved playing guitar hero, rock band by far is the best game I’ve played in a long time! It’s great that a few others can join in on the fun too, instead of taking turns.
Only downfall is that rock band doesn’t have as many good songs as guitar hero, unless you have that internet plugin to download new songs.
All in all…TWO THUMBS UP!
I really enjoy that game too. I would have to agree though the song selection is limiting.
I resolve to use the word “shredditude” more often.